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Due to today’s sophisticated technologies our now has changed drastically and our future is to be changed as well. And it is even a bigger breakthrough when it comes to crimes counteraction and assistance in detecting the criminals. That is said about the Remotec F-5 robot made by Northrop Grumman company that was used by the police to neutralize the delinquent.

It is in Dallas, USA where for the first time in history a robot was used for the criminal elimination by the police. The incident in Texas, Dallas was the bloodiest terrorist attack for the US police after the events in September 11, 2001 as well as Oklahoma City bombing. Dallas Police had armed the robot with an explosive device to kill the criminal Micah X. Johnson who killed five policemen, injured seven plus two civilians during a street riot. The decision to use the bomb was made after unsuccessful negotiations with the suspect.

The robot Remotec F-5 costs around 180,000 dollars. It has inbuilt cameras and sensors, arm-manipulator, special additional wheels for climbing the stairs which helps to overcome not only long distances, but the stairs as well, robot climbed the second floor where the criminal was situated.

This is not the first time when the police use robots-sappers. In April 2015 the police of San Jose dissuaded a person from committing suicide, robot spoke with the man and brought him a pizza and a telephone. This also proves the fact that robots of such types can be used in life-threatening and high-stress situations. There was another case when the robot was used by the US troops during the military operations in the Middle East, where the terrorist who was armed with M18A1 Claymore mine got exploded by the robot-sapper. In Iraq, the military used inexpensive robot MARCbot as an independent explosive device many times. In addition to bomb disposal, it can break windows, spray tear gas, cut the wires, make and drill holes. The robot is not autonomous, a person controls every action by means of remote control.

According to the military experts, the murder in Dallas is the first time when the police used a robot to kill. As a rule, robots are used to neutralize suspicious items. However, since these machines are also equipped with video cameras and microphones from time to time they are used as means of communication with the suspects. The current legislation does not prohibit to use robots during police operations and after successful operation in Dallas this practice will presumably continue. And perhaps in the near future law will permit to single out a target to kill even if the target is out of sight. For example, with only target’s biometric information.

Robots have evolved from primitive to sophisticated mechanisms with efficient inbuilt devices and have largely surpassed the possibilities of men. In the coming decades, more and more sophisticated robots will become irreplaceable helpers of people. Robotic devices have long been used by the military, so it is logical that law enforcement agencies of different countries do not want to lag behind and want to use them in practice as well.